{"id":53266,"date":"2016-02-08T23:27:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=53266"},"modified":"2016-02-09T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T02:08:17","slug":"december-yolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/08\/december-yolo\/","title":{"rendered":"December YOLO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7237\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7237_thumb.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"509\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9214\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9214_thumb.jpg\" width=\"509\" height=\"509\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The girls and I had fun window shopping this Christmas season! Here\u2019s baby boy and me at 10 weeks! We\u2019re now 21 weeks\u2026 moving right along!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7122\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7122_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>The big girls did an awesome job at their winter dance recital! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7133\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7133_thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"647\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7233\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7233_thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"647\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; max-width: 658px; border-right-width: 0px; width: 99.37%; background: #fff; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 1px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); border-radius: 3px\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"data-instgrm-captioned\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px\">\n<div style=\"width: 100%; background: #f8f8f8; padding-bottom: 50%; text-align: center; padding-top: 50%; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 40px; line-height: 0; padding-right: 0px\">\n<div style=\"height: 44px; width: 44px; background: url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); position: relative; margin: 0px auto -44px; display: block; top: -22px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding-right: 4px\"><a style=\"word-wrap: break-word; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: #000; font-style: normal; line-height: 17px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/-zwxHSjDSF\/\" target=\"_blank\">I love all that blonde hair rockin&#8217; it out to a hip hop version of &quot;Little Drummer Boy.&quot; #hiphop #dance #soserious ?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: #c9c8cd; padding-bottom: 7px; text-align: center; padding-top: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 8px; line-height: 17px; padding-right: 0px\">A video posted by Melissa Pond (@melissapond) on <time style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: 17px\" datetime=\"2015-12-03T00:00:51+00:00\">Dec 2, 2015 at 4:00pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9088\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9088_thumb.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9157\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9157_thumb.jpg\" width=\"492\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taylor is back! We sure do love Santa and Mrs. Claus!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0198.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0198\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0198_thumb.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0200\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0200_thumb.jpg\" width=\"548\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noelle\u2019s first solo gingerbread house was pretty impressive if you ask me! At only 9 years old, she\u2019s such a perfectionist!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9241\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9241_thumb.jpg\" width=\"417\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9239.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9239\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9239_thumb.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A group of my girlfriends had a favorite things party where we each brought our favorite things to exchange with each other for Christmas! It was so much fun, and I\u2019ve been enjoying our little gifts so much!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"flipagram-embed-media\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; max-width: 560px; border-right-width: 0px; background: #efeff4; border-bottom-width: 0px; min-width: 300px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/flipagram.com\/f\/ghzvajBF2O\/embed\">\n<div style=\"width: 100%; padding-bottom: 50%; text-align: center; padding-top: 50%; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 0; padding-right: 0px\">\n<div style=\"height: 88px; width: 88px; background-image: url(data:image\/png;base64,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); background-repeat: no-repeat; position: relative; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto -88px; display: block; top: -44px; padding-right: 0px; background-size: 100%\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; position: absolute; padding-bottom: 13px; text-align: center; padding-top: 13px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; bottom: 0px\"><a style=\"font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,arial,sans-serif; color: #a2a2a4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 18px; margin: 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 24px; padding-right: 18px\" href=\"https:\/\/flipagram.com\/f\/ghzvajBF2O\">View on Flipagram<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Noelle made this little hologram by gluing four pieces of an old CD case together (that she cracked down to size) and setting it on top of her iPad. The four butterflies around the outside are flat on her iPad screen, and the one in the middle that looks like it\u2019s flying is a reflection of the ones on the screen. I love when my kids bring me stuff like this that they figured out from tutorials without any help! Oh, and the song is off a really old Ed Sheeran album (Loose Change) called Little Bird. It\u2019s been a favorite of mine for years! <script async defer src=\"https:\/\/flipagram.com\/gen\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9245\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9245_thumb.jpg\" width=\"569\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9248\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9248_thumb.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noelle has a blast doing her hair! One day, she tried out the pin curl curling method from a YouTube tutorial. It turned out so great! I\u2019m always proud of her for being creative with her time and trying new things!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9267.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9267\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9267_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"678\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of our friends got together and made care packages for local ambulance teams to hand out to the homeless this winter. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9272.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9272\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9272_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They wrote little notes to put in each care package before we zipped them up. Rose was working so hard on her little note of encouragement! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9273.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9273\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9273_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"609\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Service projects and togetherness are two of my very favorite things! So thankful for caring friends who coordinate ways for our girls to give back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9276\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9276_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"671\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All ready to go! I love the note entitled, \u201cFriend\u2026.\u201d That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9291\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9291_thumb.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9288.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9288\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9288_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poppa came to town to get his car worked on, and Rose and I got to go out to lunch with him\u2026 definitely a treat!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9289.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9289\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9289_thumb.jpg\" width=\"572\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9494.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9494\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9494_thumb.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a late autumn this year! Playing with leaves in December was a ton of fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9298.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9298\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9298_thumb.jpg\" width=\"368\" height=\"501\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9319\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9319_thumb.jpg\" width=\"501\" height=\"501\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love watching these girls dance each week! After class one day, we went to the aquarium and fell in love with this pearl scale angel fish. Unfortunately, he needs a really big tank and has to be social with lots of other fish, or we might have had to take him home with us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9334\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9334_thumb.jpg\" width=\"527\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9216\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9216_thumb.jpg\" width=\"343\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose\u2019s teacher asked 3 things she was thankful for and wrote them down on her feathers. She said, \u201cMy family, my school, and my whole world!\u201d She\u2019s so sweet! Here\u2019s an outfit she laid out for school one day. 4 year olds have the best style, lol!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_6904\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_6904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6904_thumb.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9337.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9337\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9337_thumb.jpg\" width=\"573\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love helping out with Noelle\u2019s leadership group. These girls are not only leaders, but the sweetest little ladies!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9382\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9382_thumb.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"595\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9394\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9394_thumb.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"595\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anna Kate and Brylee had a blast together on their 1st grade field trip, and I did too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9402\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9402_thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9422.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9422\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9422_thumb.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had the best Mediterranean buffet lunch the day of the field trip! Sydney and Anna Kate are so cute!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9532\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9532_thumb.jpg\" width=\"371\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9484\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9484_thumb.jpg\" width=\"499\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After school yogurt date with Ava and Eden! We had fun shopping for angel tree kids with Noelle\u2019s leadership group. It was so awesome to see them totally excited about coordinating outfits and toys for someone they didn\u2019t even know. Giving feels so much better than receiving, and I\u2019m so thankful our girls are figuring that out through life experiences. We\u2019re all in this together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9452\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9452_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every single time we go to Target, this platform has to be used as a stage. At their first mention of climbing on, I think, we don\u2019t have time, then I stop myself with the thought, this is what time is for!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9525\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9525_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noelle\u2019s 4th grade hopes and dreams list. She\u2019s so beautiful, inside and out!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9536.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9536\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9536_thumb.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9577.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9577\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9577_thumb.jpg\" width=\"477\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hey Taylor! What ya doin?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9508\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9508_thumb.jpg\" width=\"429\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a>&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9958.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9958\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9958_thumb.jpg\" width=\"430\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This happened the majority of days in December, but my little elf on the right always fixed it during the day! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9555\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9555_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike is always teaching Noelle new concepts and ideas every time I turn around. They are best buddies!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9612\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9612_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy 5th birthday, Katie! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9614.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9614\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9614_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9193.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9193\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9193_thumb.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9623\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9623_thumb.jpg\" width=\"508\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this picture of the big girls knocked out, and Rose still going strong! Poor Noelle got cold and had to borrow Anna Kate\u2019s jacket. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9628.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9628\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9628_thumb.jpg\" width=\"446\" height=\"595\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9629.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9629\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9629_thumb.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"595\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noelle\u2019s only Christmas wish was to meet Miranda Sings (Colleen Evans). Little did she know, we had already bought her a meet and greet ticket two months ago. Although we ended up not actually getting to meet Colleen after all (the meet and greet time was not on the ticket or in the confirmation email, so we assumed it was after the concert, but it was in fact hours before the concert but there was no way for us to have known, boo!), we had such a fun night and more on that to come!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0792.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0792\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0792_thumb.jpg\" width=\"325\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9633.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9633\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9633_thumb.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday to me! A new Star Wars era has begun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9637\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9637_thumb.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9659\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9659_thumb.jpg\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our favorite dessert in the whole wide world: The Chocolate Thunder from Down Under at Outback! The picture on the right is one of Rose\u2019s Christmas present boxes, all things she wished for. I love that kid! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9671\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9671_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/OFQY8385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OFQY8385\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OFQY8385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/OFQY8385_thumb.jpg\" width=\"387\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christmas present scenes created by our little cuties! The Porterhouse in Hot Springs on Christmas Eve was perfect!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9761.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9761\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9761_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7532\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7532_thumb.jpg\" width=\"581\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9748\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9748_thumb.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking through Garvan Woodland Gardens on Christmas Eve. Here\u2019s part of the fall scene and then the gingerbread house is part of the winter section. 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I had a feeling we were going to have a boy in this moment when I saw all of our sweet little girls surrounded by blue. When we got back to the hotel, and I was making this video, Mariah\u2019s song \u201cAll I Want For Christmas\u201d kept coming to my head and I thought, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a boy or a girl, but all I want for Christmas this year is our healthy baby amongst these girls, so it just fit! This night will always remain one of my strongest life memories! For once, my intuition was right!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9713\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9713_thumb.jpg\" width=\"536\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9734.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9734\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9734_thumb.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0270.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0270\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0270_thumb.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9834\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9834_thumb.jpg\" width=\"286\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our hotel was over 90 years old and every bit as charming! It was built only 10 years after the Titanic, and the girls are so interested in that right now, so they kept pretending we were on the Titanic. We had fun and made lots of memories going outside of the box with our trip!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9779.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9779\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9779_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Christmas lunch buffet was incredible. Every single course was the best of that course we\u2019ve ever had. It was all so delicious and appetizing! I keep dreaming about those huge shrimp and the homemade cocktail sauce! I enjoyed the main course too much for pictures, but here\u2019s the first course, a few pictures from the appetizer bar, and then dessert. The dessert table had at least 20 pies and cakes, along with a fresh hot donut bar. We had fun with that!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9782\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9782_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9781\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9781_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9783\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9783_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9787\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9787_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"631\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a piano player in the dining room and all the waiters had fancy uniforms on and the girls kept saying lines from meals on the Titanic while we were eating. It was the cutest thing. It did feel like we were on a big fancy old timey ship!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9988\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9988_thumb.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9795.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9795\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9795_thumb.jpg\" width=\"376\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9820\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9820_thumb.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9827\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9827_thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went exploring in our pjs one night. We didn\u2019t mean to go outside, but one thing led to another, and it wasn\u2019t cold at all. We were having fun! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9832\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9832_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the lobby of the Arlington, was this huge gingerbread house, built with real gingerbread, icing and candy. The girls kept wanting to eat it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9831\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9831_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"656\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the back of the gingerbread house, complete with scenes in each room of the house. The girls absolutely loved it! We spent a lot of time looking at it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9829\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9829_thumb.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7640\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7640_thumb.jpg\" width=\"586\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0805\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0805_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"517\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poppa and Mike had a fun time at the brewery! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9871.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9871\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9871_thumb.jpg\" width=\"458\" height=\"593\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9877\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9877_thumb.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"591\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We shared a joining room with Poppa and Rara. Check out how old the door is! From the upstairs floors, the picture on the right is what the letter drop box looked like. We dropped messages that floated down through the see through tube before we realized it was a working USPS mailbox. Oops!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9880.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9880\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9880_thumb.jpg\" width=\"369\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9881.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9881\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9881_thumb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you go to Hot Springs, The Pancake House is a must! Yummy! Our waitress has written and illustrated several books that are for sale on Amazon. We bought one right there in the restaurant about girl power called \u201cRuns Like A Girl!\u201d It\u2019s so cute! Hot Springs is such a personable, charming little city. We had fun hanging out with everyone!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9809.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9809\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9809_thumb.jpg\" width=\"374\" height=\"663\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9887\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9887_thumb.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"663\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had fun Facetiming these Cali cuties on Christmas day! Greg is still in Denver recovering from his accident. He\u2019s recently had some leg movement, and we are so excited about that! Before heading home from Hot Springs, we stopped by Fat Bottomed Girl\u2019s and got cupcakes for our drive home. Their store\/cupcakes were featured on Cupcake Wars last year, so we had fun trying them out!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7648.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7648\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7648_thumb.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9891.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9891\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9891_thumb.jpg\" width=\"585\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Creepy hand smears on a window from a creepy building we walked past downtown, and Mike fully charged and ready to tackle what would be our tornado-filled ride home!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_7664\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_7664_thumb.jpg\" width=\"593\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9892.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9892\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9892_thumb.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One side of the street downtown was directly next to a chiseled out mountain. I was so interested in that because I\u2019d never seen anything like it before! One of the back walls of a restaurant we went to was actually the mountain. We had to stop in hotel lobbies several times on the way home to avoid major storm cells. I\u2019m glad we did, because 7 people died that night on the highways we were traveling on because their cars got blown off the road from tornados. We take weather risks very seriously after a couple of close calls. It took us forever to get home, but we were happy to wait it out! My best friend from high school was driving home from Colorado, and we never get to talk\/text, so we hung out all day, checking in with each other. Rose was really scared. We kept having to tell her we were keeping her safe. She was so cute!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9913.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9913\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9913_thumb.jpg\" width=\"422\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9922.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9922\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9922_thumb.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More slow winter break days when we got home from our trip\u2026 lots of time to create new things! Anna Kate made an answer box, so if you have a question, you just write it down and put it in the slit on the side of the box and your answer will pop back out at you! She\u2019s hilarious and always full of big ideas to try! And Rose is just a hot mess, all day, every day! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9930.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9930\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9930_thumb.jpg\" width=\"409\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9936.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9936\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9936_thumb.jpg\" width=\"459\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friends and fruit kabobs!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9970\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9970_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"664\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose had a blast at Cerly\u2019s paint party. She took her drawing very seriously. I was impressed. She even wanted to add some finishing touches at home. Who knew? Cool, baby Rose!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9979\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9979_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"568\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go little artists and happy 5th birthday, Cerly!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9995\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9995_thumb.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9984\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9984_thumb.jpg\" width=\"485\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose, Cerly and Katie at ages 3 and 5!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0016\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0016_thumb.jpg\" width=\"542\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0022\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0022_thumb.jpg\" width=\"327\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fun on New Year\u2019s Eve!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9949-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9949\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9949_thumb-1.jpg\" width=\"396\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a>&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9950-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_9950\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_9950_thumb-1.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"509\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I read this information in December, and it was a good reminder to pack boosters and have extras for friends. We usually do, but every once in a while, we slip up. If a kid tells me, \u201cOh, I don\u2019t have to have a booster\u201d I always just go with it, but ultimately, if they get hurt, it\u2019s on me, so unless you\u2019re 4\u20199\u201d and in my car, boosters for everyone! <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0019\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0019_thumb.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is how we do, yeah, chillin\u2019 laid back! Thanks for the picture, Jon! 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